Double Trouble

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We arrive back to the mansion and enter through the front doors, while another butler takes the car to the garage.

"Daddy!" the voice of a French little girl shouts and leaps onto Alphonse, giving him a tight hug. "I missed you!"

Flashback to 3 years ago in France. (Spoken in French.)

It was a beautiful spring day, Alphonse, Tamaki, and I are out in the garden, enjoying the beautiful flowers and warm air. Alphonse prepared a delicious picnic as the two of us requested.

Alphonse keeps to himself as Tamaki and I converse with whatever comes to mind. I notice Alphonse's downcast face, as he's been doing for a few weeks now.

"Alphonse?" I call.

"Yes, Lady Tamako?" he responds to his name.

"What is troubling you?"

"I wouldn't want to burden you with my troubles, my lady. That is not what a butler should do."

"Alphonse, you are not just our butler but our friend, and when a friend is troubled a friend should be concerned. It doesn't matter what social class one is," Tamaki responds. "At least that's how it is in this household."

He lets out a sigh we can tell he's been holding.

"Tell us what's on your mind," I say.

"I'm not happy with this life."

"What do you mean?" I ask.

"I want to be able to have a family and live my life, but I was born to be a butler."

"Who said you can't have a family?" Tamaki asks.

"We want you to be happy, Alphonse. If you want to leave, we will gladly let you leave," I continue.

"I would never plan on leaving. I love this job and the two of you. I wouldn't dream of being anywhere else. I couldn't trust anyone else to be your personal butler either," he quickly replies.

"If you want to have a break, just ask," Tamaki says.

"You've never had a day off unless you got sick," I reply. "We would gladly let you have time off."

Alphonse looks at us with surprise and tearful eyes.

"You honestly think we'd be so cruel to not let you have time off?" Tamaki chuckles. "Go ahead and take a week off."

"Tell Miss Julia she can have time off as well," I say. "I know you two love each other."

Julia is our personal maid, she's the one who helps me get ready every morning.

Alphonse smiles in embarrassment. "I thought we weren't obvious..."

Tamaki and I chuckle. "Somethings you just can't hide," we say. "Now go."

He nods and dashes off to find Julia.

"So, Tamaki, want to play hide n seek?" I ask.

"Would I?!" he squeals. "You hide! I'll count!"

End flashback.

I guess he had tons of fun because little Amber is here. She two years old. She speaks in French but she's learning English and Japanese. Alphonse and I typically speak in French around each other, which usually makes my agent annoyed with us whenever we're around her. Taylor speaks English only, so she gets paranoid when we do.